End of summer/leaf peeping ride 10/1 *updated time and meeting point*

[madvlad]

It would be cool to see some old faces and even some new ones. It won't be a driving Ms Daisy pace but won't be a balls out ride or anything like that at least from my end, if you decide to take that chance and be a canyon Marquez, I will suggest you not to show up and go do your own thing, my days of hauling ass in the canyons are long over. Just want to have a good, mellow and fun ride, do some sight seeing, hang with some people, get some food and end the year on a good note. Everyone and anyone welcome, all types of bikes welcome, gear highly encouraged (it will be cold in the morning as well heading up the canyon) but you're all grown ups so that's on your best judgement whether to gear up or not granted I don't endorse not wearing proper gear. Ride your own ride as usual.

UPDATE: So let's shoot for Sunday, 9 am at MoCo with KSU at 9:30 for right now, I will update when I come home tomorrow after running the route. Route will be Morrison to Squaw pass to Blackhawk to p2p to Nederland to Lyons for lunch at Oskar Blues. Meet up information for southies below:

Let's do the Shell gas station, northwest corner of Woodmen and I25. We will be KSU from there at 8am sharp, so try and be there 0745 ish. The pace from Springs to MoCo will be courteous and with traffic, too much CSP presence to do stupid shit.

7055 Commerce Center Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80919

[Okrapp]

I'd be interested.
:up:

[Kim-n-Dean]

Since I'm out every weekend anyway, I'll meet ya guys.

BTW - there is no "end of season"!

[madvlad]

Since I'm out every weekend anyway, I'll meet ya guys.

BTW - there is no "end of season"!

Should have said end of summer haha, yeah riding season never ends for some of us granted I don't ride as much as I'd like anymore but hard to go ride with all these idiots behind the wheel here, just takes most of my want to go ride out and go back to bed lol

[longrider]

I am definitely interested but I will only be able to go if some tentative plans for Sunday fall through. Saturdays are always out due to work

[madvlad]

I am definitely interested but I will only be able to go if some tentative plans for Sunday fall through. Saturdays are always out due to work

Yeah due to some other friends working at other bike shops I'm leaning more towards Sunday actually

[asp_125]

Possibry.. life's been hectic lately though I'll pencil in for now but no guarantees.

[madvlad]

Possibry.. life's been hectic lately though I'll pencil in for now but no guarantees.

Two wheel therapy to soothe the hecticness :D be good to have you guys, been a while. Trying to get Sascha and some of the old crew out for this but haven't heard from them yet

[Aaron]

I'm in man, either day.

[madvlad]

For those of you coming from the springs, what would be a good time to meet up? Thinking about hitting up squaw pass to Idaho springs and peak to peak and ending in Lyons, maybe even do the full loop back and go all the way to Deckers lol... it's going to be a nice day, might as well enjoy it lol. Thinking more on Sunday.

[Aaron]

I can get up there anytime, but 9 would be awesome for me.

[Nolan]

Definitely interested.... Got to get a hall pass.

[madvlad]

I have to run up north tomorrow after work and will drive through Lyons, Nederland, P2P and such back home tomorrow to scope the route out and see how the roads are looking after this past week since it was so cold. Stay tuned

[madvlad]

Would everyone be okay departing from MoCo then to squaw pass to p2p to Nederland and then finish in Lyons for lunch at Oskar blues?

[Aaron]

That works for me! Just let us know when to meet at MoCo so I can add an hour to get from Springs!

[madvlad]

I'm thinking meet there by 9 am and KSU at 9:30. I will confirm 100% tomorrow once I scope out the route and see how the conditions are since some places in the mountains got snow.

[Dave]

Watching this thread; I would also be riding to MoCo from the Springs.
…possibly an early meet up somewhere in the Springs for the ride to Morrison?

[Aaron]

Ride is on Sunday.

I'm good with that. Let's do the Shell gas station, northwest corner of Woodmen and I25. We will be KSU from there at 8am sharp, so try and be there 0745 ish. The pace from Springs to MoCo will be courteous and with traffic, too much CSP presence to do stupid shit.

7055 Commerce Center Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80919

[Nolan]

I'll probably bail on Coal Creek. Not to be unsocial, working nights so can't play with the cool kids too late.

[Okrapp]

Ride is on Sunday.
I'm good with that. Let's do the Shell gas station, northwest corner of Woodmen and I25. We will be KSU from there at 8am sharp, so try and be there 0745 ish. The pace from Springs to MoCo will be courteous and with traffic, too much CSP presence to do stupid shit.
7055 Commerce Center Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80919
Sounds good.

[madvlad]

Thanks for catching that Aaron. Edited first post.

[madvlad]

I'll probably bail on Coal Creek. Not to be unsocial, working nights so can't play with the cool kids too late.

All good man, we understand. Glad to have you even for a bit. See you Sunday!

[Aaron]

I'll probably bail on Coal Creek. Not to be unsocial, working nights so can't play with the cool kids too late.

We're not even really expecting you'll show up at all to be honest. In fact I think most of us hope you bail on the way to MoCo.






Love you Nolan!

[madvlad]

We're not even really expecting you'll show up at all to be honest. In fact I think most of us hope you bail on the way to MoCo.






Love you Nolan!

:lol: good ol' CSC love

[Kim-n-Dean]

What the hell is this MoCo, and where is it?!?

[Aaron]

It's a gas station in Morrison. The most popular gas station for motorcyclists ev3r. Google seems to think it's a Conoco.

16283 Morrison Rd, Morrison, CO 80465

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Conoco/@39.6525642,-105.1828831,18.29z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x62d9e777730ece9e!8m2!3d39.65 32036!4d-105.1840603

[madvlad]

It is a Conoco gas station just West of the exit. I am going to drive the route right now and I will post a soon as I get home if it's a go or not

[Kim-n-Dean]

I was kidding...:slap:

[Aaron]

What's KSU?

[Kim-n-Dean]

Kentucky Stuffed Uterus

[Aaron]

9am seems a bit early for that

[madvlad]

Never too early for some ute... Route is clear, few usual slight dirty spots. Tons of cop activity though. Stopped by P2P to take a few shots and just chill for a minute and was talking to a Gilpin county sheriff and they said they'd be in high alert this weekend due to high volume of tourists so you've been warned lol.

[Aaron]

Sadly took my RR's chain apart to replace it, forgetting Quikcycles is closed on weekends. I'll still be going, just on a R1200GS instead.

[Kim-n-Dean]

Sadly took my RR's chain apart to replace it, forgetting Quikcycles is closed on weekends. I'll still be going, just on a R1200GS instead.Bull Shit! You're just saying that because there's going to be an R1M there.

[madvlad]

Shots fired :lol:

[Nolan]

I bet Aaron won't even try to go to a different shop. It's ok. I can bring the wife's 250 and run sweep with him.

[Aaron]

Ohhh, an R1M? Ya I'm worried if I lost a cylinder it might actually be close.

You're right Nolan, I won't. I had a $100 gift card to Quikcycles. And you're going to bail anyways, so I won't hold my breath.

[Kim-n-Dean]

Okay, fine. I retract my previous statement.

However, Kim will still be there on her R6.

[madvlad]

I may be riding a nighthawk so my friends can 2 up on mine

[Dave]

Aaron,

PM sent

[Kim-n-Dean]

Fuck it! I'm taking my truck so I can bring a cooler!

[Kim-n-Dean]

Just got back from Guanella. No snow at all. Should be awesome tomorrow!!

[madvlad]

Never been to guanella, is it far?

[Drama2]

I am a maybe...been a long time.

[madvlad]

I am a maybe...been a long time.

Do eeeet. Won't get much nicer days for a full on blown canyon ride :up:

[Aaron]

Guanella goes south from Georgetown and hits the 285 after like 24 miles. It's beautiful, but can't be taken really fast or anything, it's a narrow road, tight hairpins, no center line.

[madvlad]

Word, maybe next year if I even have a street bike by then.

[madvlad]

So getting reports of possible rain/snow mix in between 9 and 11 am in squaw pass so we may have to adjust the route in the morning based on if the weather holds in that area or not. See you all in the am!

[Nolan]

Judging by the turnout, CSC isn't quite dead.... Nice ride. Thanks for hosting!

[madvlad]

Good seeing you guys, sucks we couldn't do the planned route due to that storm moving in and ride a bit longer but a very good ride overall :up:. Definitely very surprised by the good turnout, I wasn't expecting these many riders to show

[mdub]

I almost went.

[madvlad]

Almost doesn't count dubs :lol: should have come man, it was a good time

[mdub]

I bet. I ended up riding waterton canyon and Colorado trail loop.

[madvlad]

We went to deckers given that storm took a turn and ended up dumping rain and snow at pretty much the whole route we wanted to do.

[Grim2.0]

Couple of buddies went north, after seeing the pictures im glad we didn't. Pine Valley was re-paved all the way to Rampart Range and it was tasty!! Had fun riding with you guys everyone rode there own ride.